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He sought the sanctuary at Nob, where he had been wont to consult the priestly oracle (xxii.

The tradition that David slew Goliath, brought his head to Jerusalem, and deposited his sword in Nob (xvii., cf.

Like the teraphim it was part of the common stock of Hebrew cult; it is borne (rather than worn) by persons acting in a priestly character (Samuel at Shiloh, priests of Nob, David), it is part of the worship of individuals (Gideon at Ophrah), and is found in a private shrine with a lay attendant (Micah; Judg.

It is evidently regarded as the one which had been in Nob (I Sam.

9), and the presence of the priests at Nob is no less clearly regarded as the sequel of the fall of Shiloh.